The Highway Patrol said a pickup truck and a Hyundai Elantra were eastbound Tuesday morning about 7 a.m. when the driver of the pickup truck tried to move into the left lane.

Investigators said the 25-year-old driving the Hyundai moved to the left to avoid hitting the pickup, but lost control and hit the driver's side of the truck. The pickup went through the median and hit a westbound minivan.

The 62-year-old man driving the pickup, Bruce Martin of Baldwin City, and two people in the minivan, Juan Moreno Lopez and Luis Elias-Sanchez, went to hospitals.

"I've seen way too many accidents on K-10, crossover accidents," said William McKinstry of DeSoto.

The section of highway where the crash happened was not included in a recent installation of median cable barriers. The barriers were installed after a series of crossover crashes in 2011.

Officials said they will investigate the effectiveness of the new barriers in a couple of years.

"It's a long flat stretch of road. But the problem today is inattentive driving. We need to be paying more attention," said Wanda Reidhart, who runs Wanda's Roadside Cafe near the crash scene.

She said she'd like to see the cables extended.

"The length of the highway should have those cables. That's what people want. I have heard anybody say they'd be against it," she said.